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GETTING STARTED WITH EXCEL 1

Styles are most useful when you can easily apply After creating a new style, you can apply it at any
them to your worksheet, and using the Style location. To do so, select the cells you want to
dialog box is the quickest way to do so. Unlike change and click Insert ➪ Style. In the Style dialog
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel does not have box, click the down arrow next to the Style name
the Style dialog box as a default option on any of field and then the desired style. The check boxes
its toolbars. To add the feature, click Tools ➪ under Style Includes correspond to tabs from the
Customize. In the Customize dialog box, click Format Cells dialog box with the corresponding
the Commands tab. In the Categories box, click setting displayed next to the tab.
Format. A list of the available format commands
displays in the Commands box. Click the Style
dialog box and drag it to one of the toolbars
displayed at the top of your Excel window. You
can now click the down arrow on the toolbar
and view a list of available styles.

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■ The Format Cells dialog ˇ Make the desired ■ The Style dialog box ‡ Click Add.
box displays. formatting selections. displays the format settings
for the style. ■ Excel creates the new
Á Click OK. style.
■ A check mark displays next
to each type of formatting with
the settings listed next to them.

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